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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 4 Hansard (3 April) . . Page.. 1491 ..



(b) between two and ten kilometres;

(c) more than ten kilometres;

(12) What was the average capacity utilisation of each bus on journeys of:

(a) less than two kilometres;

(b) between two and ten kilometres;

(c) more than ten kilometres;

(13) What was the cost of collecting fares (a) in total and (b) per average fare.

Mr Corbell: The answer to the member's questions is as follows:

(1)

Total number of Passengers

2000 - 01

Total number of Passengers

2001 - 02

Total number of Passengers

July 2002 -

March 2003

15,646,000

15,789,000

12,071,000

(2)

Average number of km per boarding

2000 - 01

Average number of km per boarding

2001 - 02

Average number of km per boarding

July 2002 - March 2003

1.05km

1.06km

1.06km

(3) ACTION does not have information on the length of journeys travelled by commuters and therefore cannot provide data on distance.

(4)

Cost per passenger

2000 - 01

Cost per passenger

2001 - 02

Cost per passenger

July 2002 - March 2003

$4.26

$4.26

$4.28 (ACTION estimates this to be $4.24 for the full year 2002-03)

(5) ACTION's fares system is not based on distance travelled and therefore does not have information on the length of journeys travelled by commuters.

(6)

Total cost to operate a bus 2000 - 01

Total cost to operate a bus 2001 - 02

Total cost to operate a bus

July 2002 - March 2003

$183,500

$185,300

$142,300


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